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Contact Information505-437-0393bmauger@nmsua.nmsu.edu Instant Messaging AIM: DrMauger ICQ: 250-762-499 MSN: DrMauger@hotmail.com Y!: DrMauger |
NMSU-Alamogordo2400 N. Scenic DriveAlamogordo NM 88310 |
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On Campus ClassesAstronomy 110GStatistics (Math 107) |
On Line ClassesAstronomy 110GEnvironmental Science |
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I have taught for seventeen years at the undergraduate and graduate levels in class and on-line. I teach a wide selection of topics, including Math, Statistics, and Quantitative Analysis, Computer Science, Information Technology and the Natural Sciences as well. For three years I taught exclusively on-line. I started back in the classroom in Fall of 2006 at NMSU-A. I love teaching in the classroom, online and helping develop the technology to do both! I live in Alamogordo with my wife, Debbie, our three youngest children, two dogs, three cats, many fish, and two ferrets.
I received my PhD. in Physics from New Mexico State University. My minor was in Electrical Engineering. My studies included High Energy Astrophysics, Nuclear Instrumentation, Simulation and Data Analysis. My research included the design and construction of balloon-borne instrumentation to measure the flux of high-energy cosmic rays. As part of the flight team, I monitored telemetry, gathered flight data, and reduced flight data. I received my BS in Physics from Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA.
After graduate school, I had a post-doctoral appointment at Goddard Space Flight Center in the early 80's studying cosmic rays. Cosmic rays is the radiation created when stars in explode. Cosmic rays consist of sub-atomic samples of stars which have exploded. It is the only sample of stellar material that we can sample, other than our sun. At Goddard, I worked as part of a team which conceived, proposed, and managed the design and construction of balloon borne payloads to study the cosmic ray flux. I participated in flight preparations of these payloads and data reductions. I reduced data collected and prepared data for publication, including computer simulation of cosmic ray propagation. I presented the results in the U.S. and abroad. At the end of my two-year tenure, in 1983, funding for interesting, but esoteric research all but dried up.
As funding for research became scarce, I transferred my experience into the defense sector. On NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), I supervised and coordinated a team of TDRSS Engineering and Maintenance (TEAM) personnel at NASA's White Sands Ground Terminal (WSGT). Identified and corrected system problems to insure maximum support of WSGT activities. In Colorado Springs, I worked on the Consolidated Space Operations Center (CSOC) Communications Segment In January 1986, we watched our second TDRSS satellite launch on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Seventy-three seconds after launch, I witnessed on closed circuit TV the destruction of the Shuttle, and the loss of the seven brave crew members. Later I traveled to Morton Thiokol's test facility to witness the shuttle booster test firing
The Challenger disaster effectively halted the US space program. I moved from working for the MITRE Corporation, a Federally Contracted Research Center. In Colorado Springs, I was part of the design and acquisition team of the (Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) National Test Bed (NTB.) I helped established guidelines for computer model integration and simulated efficiencies of SDI architectures. I designed distributed computer simulations in a heterogeneous computer environment. I acted as liaison between the NTB and national labs to improve interoperability of SDI related research. My other activities included space surveillance and tracking analysis. The fall of the Soviet Union marked the lessoning of the need for “Star Wars” defenses.
While I was in Colorado Springs, I taught part time for Colorado Technical University. My part-time job changed into my full-time job when I became a full-time faculty member in 1989. I have been in education ever since. At Colorado Tech, I managed the Engineering Department, advised students, developed and taught Graduate and Undergraduate courses in Computer Science and Natural Science, and Engineering. I also taught at Si Tanka/Huron/Colorado Technical University in Huron and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I introduced Computer Science Degree to the Huron Campus and taught in-class and on-line CS classes
I now teach on-line full-time. I design, develop and teach graduate and undergraduate on-line classes in math and computer classes. I develop and implement programs for on-line tutoring and student retention.
My current hobby is spending time with my family here in New Mexico. We like to walk and spend time outdoors. In the past, my hobbies have included electronics, amateur radio, computers, and radio controlled airplanes.
